Slayer - "Seasons In The Abyss" Guitar Tab
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SEASONS IN THE ABYSS
By SLAYER
(Music: Hanneman Lyrics: Araya)
As Performed On SEASONS IN THE ABYSS 1990
AMERICAN Recordings
Tabbed By Ema
Tuning Eb
RIFF 1 INTRO x2
|KING
|----------0--------------------------------|
|----------0--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------3--3--|
|-0-----------------------------------1--1--|
|
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|HANNEMAN
|----------0--------------------------------|
|----------0--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2b^-------------------|
|-2-----------------2-----1fb^^^r^^b^^^-----|
|-0-----------------------------------------|
RIFF 1A INTRO x2
|KING
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------3--2b^^^^^--------------------3--3--|
|-0--1--------------------------------1--1--|
|
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|HANNEMAN
|----------0--------------------------------|
|----------0--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2b^-------------------|
|-2-----------------2-----1fb^^^r^^b^^^-----|
|-0-----------------------------------------|
RIFF 1B INTRO x1
|KING
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------17b^-------------------|
|---14-17-16b^^^^^-16----15fb^^^r^^b^^^-----|
|15-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2b^-------------------|
|-------3--2b^^^^^--2-----1fb^^^r^^b^^^-----|
|-0--1--------------------------------------|
|
|
|3RD GUITAR
|----------0--------------------------------|
|----------0--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------3--3--|
|-0-----------------------------------1--1--|
|KING
|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------17b^-------------------|
|---14-17-16b^^^^^-16----15fb^^^r^^b^-------|
|15-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------3-3---|
|-------------------------------------1-1---|
| x
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2b^-------------------|
|-------3--2b^^^^^^-2-----1fb^^^r^^b^-3-3---|
|-0--1--------------------------------1-1---|
| x
|
|3RD GUITAR
|----------0--------------------------------|
|----------0--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------------|
RIFF 2 INTRO x1
|KING
|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-|
|-----0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0-------0---|
|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3-----|
|-2-----------2---2-----------2---3-----------3-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------------------------------|
|KING x3
|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-|
|-----0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0-------0---|
|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3-----|
|-2-----------2---2-----------2---3-----------3-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN x3
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|KING x2
|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-|
|-----0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0-------0---|
|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3-----|
|-2-----------2---2-----------2---3-----------3-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN x2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------3---------------3-------2-------|
|-0-------------------------------1---------------3-------2-------|
|KING x2
|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-|
|-----0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0-------0---|
|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3-----|
|-2-----------2---2-----------2---3-----------3-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN x2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4/9---9999---9999---9999---999910-10101010-10-------------------|
|-2/7---7777---7777---7777---7777-8--8-8-8-8--8---3-------2-------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
RIFF 3 MAIN x7
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------2-----1---|
|-----------------------2-----1---|
|-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-0-2-3-0---3-0---2-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FILL 1
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------6---5---|
|-0-2-3-0-2-3-5-0-2-3-0-2-4---3---|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
RIFF 4 VERSE x2
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------1---------------------------1-----------------1---|
|-2---2-1-------2---2-2-------2---2-1-------2---2-3---1---|
|-0-000---0-0-0-0-000-1-0-0-0-0-000---0-0-0-0-000-3-------|
.. . . . .. . . . .. . . . ..
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------1---------------------------1---------------------|
|-2---2-1-------2---2-2-------2---2-1-------2---2-6---5---|
|-0-000---0-0-0-0-000-1-0-0-0-0-000---0-0-0-0-000-4---3---|
.. . . . .. . . . .. . . . ..
RIFF 5 CHORUS x2
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------5------------4------------5---4---|
|-0------------3------------2------------3---2---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------3------------4------------5---4---|
|-0------------1------------4------------3---2---|
RIFF 4 VERSE x2
RIFF 5A CHORUS x2
|KING
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------5------------4------------5---4---|
|-0------------3------------2------------3---2---|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------3------------2------------5---4---|
|-0------------3------------2------------3---2---|
|KING
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------3------------4------------5---4---|
|-0------------1------------4------------3---2---|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------3------------6------------5---4---|
|-0------------1------------4------------3---2---|
RIFF 3 MAIN x3
FILL 1
SOLO 1 KING (WITH HEAVY REVERB)
WAH & BAR N.H. BAR
|-19b^^^^--19b^^^^--19b^^^^^^^^^^^^--19b^^^^------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------0\\\\\\\\h4//\\\///\/\\----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------19-20-22-23b^^^^--|
|-------------------------------------19-21-22-------------------|
|----------------------------19-20-22----------------------------|
|-------------------18-19-21-------------------------------------|
|----------17-18-20----------------------------------------------|
|-16-17-19-------------------------------------------------------|
DOUBLED OCTAVE HIGHER EFFECT________________________________________
|-17-19-20-19-17-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------19-18-16-19-18-16-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------19-17-16-19-17-16-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------18-16-15-18-16-15-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
OHE____________________________________________________________________
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-15-14-17-15-14-------------------------------------11-12-14-11-12-14-|
|-------------------16-14-13-16-14-13-10-11-13-10-11-13-------------------|
OHE_________________ BAR BAR BAR BAR
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------13b^^^---/11b/\/\\--/14b/\/\\--/16b/\/\\--/17b/\/\\--|
|-12-13-15-12-13-15------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BAR WAH & BAR
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-19b/\/\/\/\\---0\\\\\////GRADUAL-RELASE////----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
RIFF 6 x4 UNDER SOLO 1
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------1-------------1-----------------------------------|
|-3---3-1-------3---3-1-------3---3-5-------3---3-4-------|
|-1-111---1-1-1-1-111---1-1-1-1-111-5-1-1-1-1-111-4-1-1-1-|
.. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . .
SOLO 2 HANNEMAN
|----------------------------------12--15--17b^^^---17fb^^^r-17b^^^^^---|
|-----------------------8--10--13---------------------------------------|
|--------------------9--------------------------------------------------|
|----------5--7--10-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------7---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--8------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-19-12-19-15-19-15-19-15-12h15p12h15p12h15p12----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------15b^^^---17-15-13-15b^^^---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-11------------------------------------------8---8-10fb^^^-10b^^^-|
|-------13b^^^---------------------------7---7-9---9------------------|
|-------------------------------7----7-9---9--------------------------|
|---------------------7----7-10---10----------------------------------|
|----------------7-10---10--------------------------------------------|
BAR
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-//22b/\/\/\\---12-5h8-12-5h8-13-5h8-13-5h8-12-5h8-12-5h8-13-5h8-13-5h8-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
A.H. A.H. WAH & BAR
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-5h8-12-5h8-13-5h8-13-5h8-12-5h8-12-5h8-13-5h8-13-5h8-5b^^^----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------5b^^^-0//\\\\\-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|-12-5h8-12-5h8-13-5h8-13-5h8-12-5h8-12-5h8-13-5h8-13-5h8-12-5h8-12-5h8-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T
|-13-5h8-13-5h8-12-5h8-12-5h8-13-5h8-13-5h8-10-5h8-11-6h9-12-7h10-13-8h11-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T
PICK SLIDE
|-14-9h12-15-10h13-16-11h14-17-12h15-18-13h16-19-14h17-20///24----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------x\\\-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------x\\\-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T
RIFF 5 x2 UNDER SOLO 2
RIFF 3 MAIN x1
RIFF 4 VERSE x2
RIFF 5B CHORUS x2
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------3------------2------------5---4---|
|-0------------3------------2------------3---2---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-2------------3------------6------------5---4---|
|-0------------1------------4------------3---2---|
RIFF 2A OUTRO x1
|KING x2
|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-|
|-----0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0-------0---|
|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3-----|
|-2-----------2---2-----------2---3-----------3-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN x2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------3---------------3-------2-------|
|-0-------------------------------1---------------3-------2-------|
|KING
|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-|
|-----0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0-------0---|
|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3-----|
|-2-----------2---2-----------2---3-----------3-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4/9---9999---9999---9999---999910-10101010-10-------------------|
|-2/7---7777---7777---7777---7777-8--8-8-8-8--8---3-------2-------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------9--------------10-------------------------------|
|-24\\\\\\\\\\\\--7---------------8---------------3-------2-------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|
|
|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4/9---9999---9999--------------10-------------------------------|
|-2/7---7777---7777---------------8---------------3-------2-------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|
|
|3RD GUITAR
|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0-|
|-----0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0-------0---|
|---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3-----|
|-2-----------2---2-----------2---3-----------3-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
FILL 2 END
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2222222222222222--------------------------------|
|-0000000000000000--------------------------------|
BAR
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-(2)---------------------------------------------|
|-(0)----------------(0)\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------|
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